Articles

From refugee camp to fashion runway

Design Frontiers • 11 Jun 19

Motivated by experiences of displacement, these designers are using fashion to tell their story of war and strife and in doing so, helping refugee communities. >
A collective of artists are preserving Mexico's linguistic diversity

Design News • 10 Jun 19

“No one can love what he does not know.” >
Sand: Overmined and underecognised

Design Frontiers • 10 Jun 19

Sand, a resource usually taken for granted, is being drastically overmined, resulting in the destruction of major ecosystems worldwide. >
Doctor turned designer Kgahlego Kewana talks us through her unlikely path

Design News • 6 Jun 19

The Emerging Creative exhibited her work at the Design Indaba Festival 2019 among 49 up-and-coming South African talents. >
Gabrielle Goliath honours victims of sexual-based violence through sound and art

Design News • 5 Jun 19

The winner of this year's Standard Bank Young Artist Award talks about her latest project called This Song is For... >
DJ Steloo's latest work looks to the ocean for inspiration

Design Frontiers • 5 Jun 19

Called Stitches From The Ocean, the Accra-based creative says he wanted to let the audience into the other side of his creative process. >
Lucia Bakulumpagi-Wamala on new ways to tackle electricity shortage in Uganda

Design News • 4 Jun 19

The CEO of Bakulu Power takes us through their work in Buvuma, one of the only districts without electricity in the country. >
Celine Semaan wants to solve fashion's sustainability problem

Design Frontiers • 4 Jun 19

The culture and climate thought leader is working with everyone from the UN to students to tackle fashion's sustainability problem. >
The African projects harnessing alternative energy

Design News • 3 Jun 19

“We must be more ambitious in harnessing the power of renewable energy to meet sustainable development and climate goals” >
Marjan van Aubel uses intelligent design to solve energy and food production problems

Design News • 3 Jun 19

In her work she looks at our current relationship with solar technology and how it can be used to enhance and future-proof city living. >
Sculptors set to create the world’s largest gender equality art project

Design Frontiers • 31 May 19

Australian sculptors and married couple Gillie and Marc are creating 10 life sized sculptures celebrating the lives of monumental women. >
Faith XLVII talks about the importance of staging Aurum in South Africa

Design Frontiers • 31 May 19

The artist and her collaborators, Pure and Inka Kendzia, talk to us about the interactive performance piece. >
OurArtworks is a creative haven for Mississippi's disabled community

Design News • 30 May 19

“Anyone who has a disability has the ability to create art.” >
Jordanian studio Turbo on resisting design trends

Design Frontiers • 29 May 19

We chat to Saeed Abu-Jabar and Mothanna Hussein about how they’re contributing to the desert city’s flourishing design scene. >
Drawing water out of thin air

Product Spotlight • 29 May 19

How Majik Water tapped a water source that is all around us. >
Siddhant Shah is bridging the gap between disability and cultural heritage

Design News • 28 May 19

“Designers and architects live with the misconception that accessibility is only restricted to the physical aspect of a space... that's a fallacy." >
Mileha Soneji designs low-tech tools for Parkinson’s patients

Design News • 28 May 19

The product designer has created two products to cater to people suffering from Parkinson's. >
Roy Allela invents tech that translates sign language into audio

Design Frontiers • 27 May 19

The Kenyan inventor was inspired by his deaf niece to create Sign-IO, a glove that interprets sign language into speech. >
Kenyan jeweller uses natural minerals to tell her story

Design Frontiers • 27 May 19

Ami Doshi Shah’s sculptural jewellery pieces tell the story both of Kenya’s intricate past and the country's captivating natural beauty. >
More than a catcall

Design Frontiers • 24 May 19

Sophie Sandberg tackles everyday harassment by taking it back to the streets. >
Funfere Koroye on product design for the West African consumer

Design News • 23 May 19

Nigerian product designer has designed a range of products that take into account the uniqueness of a West African consumer. >
The industrialisation of the natural world

Design News • 22 May 19

Speculations on the future of biodiversity after the sixth mass extinction. >
Kutti Collective is taking on the lack of Desi representation in the art world

Design Frontiers • 22 May 19

“It’s about creating and dialoguing about things that affect us in a way that isn't Orientalist, or beholden to the erasures and violence..." >
Blair Imani is writing Herstory

Design Frontiers • 21 May 19

Imani’s book is shining a light both on modern feminists and on marginalised people who are making a difference in the world. >
Jomo Tariku on changing perceptions around what constitutes modern furniture

Design Frontiers • 20 May 19

“The modern furniture industry treats African furniture as something of a novelty,” says the Ethiopian-American furniture designer. >
Artist Nuria Mora on Spain’s biggest inclusive art event of its kind

Design News • 20 May 19

Along with 14 other artists, Nuria Mora is helping to rebuild and inspire art inclusivity in Spain’s forgotten region of La Mancha. >
Bug burgers and micro-algae buns: the cookbook of the future

Design News • 17 May 19

SPACE10 has been cooking up a storm in their Test Kitchen to bring you an unorthodox assortment of meals from the future. >
Colors of the Earth: Ghana's incredible, rammed earth walls

Design Frontiers • 16 May 19

Ghanaian entrepreneur Joelle Eyeson is experimenting with the sustainable technique that could aid her country's housing problem. >
Congolese storyteller is breathing new life into African mythologies

Next Generation • 16 May 19

Yamakasi's project, through the power of social media, helped bring together illustrators and colourists from Nigeria, Cameroon and the Republic of Congo >
Exploring Shantell Martin’s unique interactive illustrations

Design News • 15 May 19

The London-born, New York-based artist is creating larger than life artworks that comment on intersectionality, identity and play. >

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